>Production Resources:
https://pastebin.com/pYGCLu6q
https://pastebin.com/p2QUqMzj

>/prod/ wiki - still looking for contributors
http://mu-sic-production.wikia.com

Use vocaroo to post WIPs.
https://vocaroo.com/

No youtube, soundcloud and other shilling websites allowed.

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>>126675308 (OP)
>DAW
>some synth vsti's (mostly free)
>some kontakt instruments & similar
>a channel strip
>mastering plugin (ozone)
>some reverbs (valhalla + an IR)
>amplitube
did I miss something or am I ready to go (for softwar)?

revised bridge section. Which do you prefer? (30 second clips)
A - https://vocaroo.com/16fMNwSOmNR6

B - https://vocaroo.com/17zoArzg1T87

>>126675396
template maybe. note your habits and what you gravitate towards/what you want to make. after a few months make a template to speed up your workflow.

And something to note what you learn and any insights + resources. I use obsidian.

>>126675440
Both sound better than each other depending on the part.
https://voca.ro/17zoArzg1T87
has a better first 8 seconds

>>126675440
thanks (I use VUE+notepad)

(i turned it down for you)
https://vocaroo.com/14540TKZYbzW

i have ideas for the intro and outro that are supposed to be IDM and then pop punk but... so tedious,,,

other quicky today because massive xx :
https://vocaroo.com/18OSMbhhsypH

okie jaane ~

>>126675659
>massive xx
My Sweetwater pimp called me after I signed up for Kontakt Select (yes, I gave my real number) and I told him that I just wanted to sound like senpai, but that I haven't downloaded it yet. He said he would send me some candy to make me feel better.
>bzW
Rippin
>sypH
Ultra rippin

>>126675680
>(yes, I gave my real number)
bro what

>>126675697
They give me free candy.

>>126675308 (OP)
edm thing
https://voca.ro/12CsLqhKOThF

chaotic piano stuff
https://voca.ro/13bpmegmTbV3

keepin it real simple and easy
https://voca.ro/1d5VHpT9JFG1

>>126675830
Both are very nice
とても日本ぽいっ
I wouldn't call the second one chaotic piano... I feel like there is a term I should know, but I can't think of it right now.

i want my brief Bob Dylan cover over a webm of BBC porn

https://voca.ro/1hgVEEmqFXGU

>>126675930
Lofi is the term you're looking for

>mfw got addicted to listening to my own WIP
that's how you know shit is good lmfao

https://vocaroo.com/1fRtoqRMgWsi

i'll be really happy if someone recognises the original

>>126676702
Idk what the original but sounds cool as fuck, good job anon

https://voca.ro/1b0QQzMmkLLb

how would u improve this mix?
https://vocaroo.com/158RXc5GP52U

Is it possible to make dub techno with just one piece of hardware? I want to try going DAWless but I don't want to become a cringe gear collector

https://vocaroo.com/17pfe8mddfxW

How do I produce feel good bangers like this for the summer? I'm really enjoying the party athmosphere here, how do I get this sound arrangement wise?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Rnqkh-3Uk

>>126678165
unironically and unpatronnizingly: spam kshmr samples

Music production is nothing without a good PR, but I guess all of you are not ready for that conversation yet.

>>126678322
hahaha GOT EM

>>126678322
https://youtube.com/v/wZGdpBqwjnE
I know that he's known to say random bullshit to sabotage his opponents and troll people, but he's just objectively correct here.

im really ass when it comes to coming up with melodies
is there a plugin that can help?

>>126678919
>is there a plugin that can help?

https://vocaroo.com/159RVIojb5FQ
https://vocaroo.com/1kqpimxv19Yz

>>126678919
You need to learn an instrument if you wanna produce good songs. Without some kind of theory knowledge producing goes no where. The most fun way imo to learn about music is through learning to play. Interacting with music outside of the DAW is what will help you make better music in the DAW. You can just play it by ear and download a bunch of plugins but you'll still be in the same limbo cause you have no idea how to progress or build a song. Learning is more fun than you think but you need to earnestly try first, which means failing a lot and feeling very retarded until it clicks.

>>126678919
It's like that one adventure time quote
>sucking at something is the first step to being kinda good at something.
Just keep at it, anon. Plugin abuse will only hold you back in the long run.

>>126679351
dis

one day...
https://vocaroo.com/1kYapAXYBwxP

I just got this electribe sampler in a trade, but I don’t really know what to do with it yet.

https://voca.ro/1dYaYirkxcv5

>>126680474
Whoops.

https://vocaroo.com/1dwIx9GquJga
any final changes/touches i should do on this?

Tried to PlayStation 1 era Resident Evil...

https://vocaroo.com/1aQTIboRMOAa

>>126678919
I don't think it's a bad idea to use preset melodies if you're literally just starting to learn. Lot's of daws come with premade midi sequences, look it up. If you've been making music for a while, just stick with it. I have basic music theory and your ability to make good melodies will grow. Stick with it bro.

>>126680995
i fw this, a lil less reverb on the vocal i think.
a general rule of thumb that's helped me a lot with keeping my reverb in check is to set your reverb to where you think it should be, and then go a little bit less.
bass is also pretty intense, im on headphones that lack bass and it's still thumping pretty crazy. I;d be worried that in a bassier setting that this would make the track inaudible.

overall tho solid shit, the beat is gas, I'm a sucker for choir beats. flows are good too, keep it up man

Hey guys I have bought $10k in gear since 2020 and have not recorded a single song since my hard drive failed in 2022. I play with my toys every day but at the end of every session I delete the project file. I’ve done this hundreds of times now. I used to know how to write a simple song and see it through, now I get caught up playing a melody and an hour just melts away as I plink away on the keys. DON’T BUY GEAR! It’s a trap! I also haven’t posted on /mu/ since before the pandemic why do I have to wait so long to post now?

>>126681222
nicee, reminds me of R Plus Seven by oneohtrix point never.
if yo're looking for critique I think it's just a little slow moving. you could fix this with ear candy or just simply speeding up the composition.

otherwise I enjoyed

https://voca.ro/1j7KJIgC35L0

This is my creation, is it any good?

>>126677342
it's pretty quiet for starters. I think once it picks up the mix is pretty solid for the most part. I think the wide shakers are perhaps a little too loud. your vocal needs more presence as well to bring it forward. as I said to the other guy i'm on headphones that lack in bass but I can kind of tell that your main acid bass line is probably pretty muddy. cut out the bass in the synth and replace it with a sine wave sub bass and itll clean it up and add more weight.

also want to say i love that snare, its so crunchy in a great way

>>126681395
it's certainly not bad, maybe a little stale. the mix is fairly lifeless desu, bring some intensity into it man. beef up the transients I would say. if your compressing, compress less.
brighten it up too, the cymbals sound dead. overall crank this bitch up.

compositionally i think your main idea is nice, and i like the arrangement and contrast that comes and goes. i think your drums are kind of stale. easy thinks like velocity changes can help but i think you just need more going on. try ghost kicks and snares, some tom fills, anything to get more interest going.

you're on the right track for sure, keep at it!

>>126681630
>Drum tech fags -
Where do you think you are?
Also it's a colon you dummy.

>>126681683
No

https://vocaroo.com/12Ed1zpkiPQp

hopefully its fixed now

was thinking more melodic originally but idkkk

https://vocaroo.com/1bOUEGyuLSmb

https://youtu.be/QVz8dhByTP0

:>)

>>126682814
NO SHILLING IN PROD
YOU DUMB RETARD

>>126682814
you need to work on the core elements of not being annoying and properly tune in to why people shill their music. there's no recs, no feedback, the music is bad and almost all of your posts are unrelated to anything. Fuck off to facebook and learn to take criticism because this isn't good

>>126682814
DON'T FUCKING SHILL

Hope you're all doing marvelously well :)

https://vocaroo.com/1hMcvMWhEA5q
I made 50 seconds of music today. I really prefer just practicing over producing I'm not sure why I keep trying to make songs. I'm going to smoke and walk then practice.

>>126675308 (OP)
Is it possible to use a powermixer as a studio mixing board to make recordings?

>>126684138

The manual is here:

https://ca.yamaha.com/files/download/other_assets/3/324073/EM300E.pdf

According to that, there's a line out that you could feed to any kind of recording device, and you could use one of the Aux inputs to play back the recording (be careful of creating feedback loops if using the playback to monitor while recording is enabled, like you'd do when overdubbing), so in short yeah you could use it as a live recording mixer maybe, even if you don't plan to use the power amplifier to drive speakers.

It is old though, so if you buy as unrestored you might have some work to do to get it back into full working order, and even then this is designed as a sound reinforcement mixer, usually used for driving stage monitors (foldback in live sound parlance) so the emphasis when designing this will be ruggedness rather than sound quality, depends on what you want out of your recordings I guess.

I know laughing at your own jokes is fucking gay but I just made myself chuckle

Q: what's the difference between a flanger and a phaser?
A: I dunno, but I never used a rubber mallet to hammer a chairleg up your mum's phase!

>>126684296
thx!

A pikachu walk ins and laughs "What's SO Fruity"

A pichu laughs, what you saying

HAHAHA

LOOPY LOOP

PIKA

>>126676209
Nope, and I still don't know.
>>126676702
Aquatic Ambience?
>>126682703
.gif from god

>>126681440
Thanks, I'll try turning the shakers down. Getting the vocals to sit clearly and not overpower everything is what's been giving me the most trouble.

As for the bass synth, I don't know if there's much I can do with it, since the drums, bass and some other synths are all mixed down into one track. My method of songwriting lately has been to just overdub onto modular synth jams, but I'm starting to think this might be retarded

>digging through the old Massive presets
>find a gem of a lead sound
>inspires great descending chromatic melody
>its just the severance theme music
>cant use it now

I bought a 4 track cassette recorder at goodwill and I'm a lot happier with it than I thought I would be. There's no options for noise reduction or any of that, everything is real simple.

The manual says to use type II tapes but I've noticed that type I sounds much better to my ears. Type II has no bass and the treble is too harsh. Luckily type one is cheaper so I bought more blanks of those but I just wanted to vent somewhere. The recorder itself is fuctioning perfectly aside from that

>>126686526
> type II tapes but I've noticed that type I sounds much better to my ears
100% agree (I only use emulations)

>>126686582
Here's a test I did. It's very sloppy but this is the first I've ever been able to overdub something without latency. Now I can actually try to get better at recording. It's so easy to get the levels perfect on tape. I didn't have to do anything to it digitally other than noise reduction. I plugged the recorder straight into an audio interface and it just works.
Kinda temped to get a reel to reel now even though I'm not worthy.
https://voca.ro/16lBmisRiDmR

https://voca.ro/1jkbgUofYRc5
experimenting with drum grooves and stuff. the overall composition feels chaotic but i do like some elements. i really pushed myself here lol

>>126687471
dig the spring tonezz
>Now I can actually try to get better at recording
do you not just practice to a metronome? is your (digital) setup shit (high latency?)
i totally get it though and feel like nobody really talks about being a good performer for recordings being a distinct thing lol

>>126687506
I've never had a metronome which I know is a big mistake. I've tried to measure the latency on my gen1 scarlett interface, and when I'm overdubbing its between 80-160 milliseconds and not consistent. The latency is different every time I hit record. Tried using asio or whatever, nothing works. I can't get the interface/drivers work at all on other computers.
I also just realized I haven't played music with another person in over a decade.
I could've bought a looper pedal but I like this 4 track a lot better.

>>126686075
reverse it :>

>>126687503
https://voca.ro/1mGTQUloSh9z
thoughts on the drums?

finally got around to producing more post-avant garde proto future wave music. think i'm gonna finally make it bros

https://vocaroo.com/1d9jGYxm0gMw

>>126684568
>Aquatic Ambience?
nope :)

>stopped caring about precise mixing and mastering whatsoever
>almost all channels are at +-0db unless I find something too loud then I turn it down depending on how I feel
>zero additional EQing or other bullshit

>my tracks sound instantly better
Can somebody explain???

>>126688239
>explain
You’re bad and made bad decisions.

https://voca.ro/1i3jLCaQNAf9
Rate the buildup

>>126688303
i think its a bit too arp-centric
sounds better near the end of the build up when the arp sits further back in the mix (thanks to the chorus and reverb)

>>126638168
Based prophet Anon

>>126688444

>>126689001
>boxxy
>9001 get
What year is this?

musician server
https://discord.gg/S356NGwt

>>126690967
fuck off

>>126682926
Crybaby nigger

>>126679125
anon
>>126679351
i thoroughly do not believe you need theory for music making on a computer
>>126679523
i guess

>>126692001
You think that but you can't sit down and just make a song, which proves me right.

Unmixed. Still not done. Anyone wanna collab?

https://voca.ro/1busbn7DvRf3

>>126692054
im trans btw

>>126692092
I'll bite the bait, but only because I know you won't post your own music, faggot. Lets go song for song.

If not, then stop shitting up this thread.

This drum and bass project is going nowhere ugh
I'm not getting out of the 8bar loop
Nor am i getting any ideas on how to change this up

https://voca.ro/1j9HBj5l3HOc

>>126692156
How about you add some actual bass for starters

>>126692167
My sub preset is ass then
Alright...

/dmp/ needs some immigrants

>>126692156
This is groovy as fuk. Add a bridge with some looped DnB soul samples right at the end of what you uploaded. Use that to build up to another drop and then add some synth stabs to syncopate against the lead you have already.

>>126692299
Prod is much more dead, so id say inverse is true. Did you recover your pc after the shell command incident? Also, rate my shit>>126682246

>>126692575
That is an idea
Thank you anon!
I'm really unsure if he melody is catch but if you're telling me it's groovey, i'm gonna give it another go then

>>126692630
Simple is better. Just make sure that second melody complements the first. Also r8 my track, which is here:
>>126692054

>>126692666
True
>track
Really like the synths and bass stabs
Has a PS1 kind of feel to it

https://vocaroo.com/1i7L9cmsA1Zw

this track is kicking my ass, i think its about as good as its gonna get but i cant shake the feeling it sounds like shit.

pls do tell if it sounds bad

>>126692156
1st guy was right about the lack of bass, but I do genuinely fw the idea.

Get some sub in there but also beef the kick up aswell and you'll be solid.

Not trying to diss but the idea of a "sub preset" is silly. Sub bass should be a sine wave, that's it. Using a preset is the best way to guarantee extra bullshit that's gonna mud your mix up. Just don't overthink it

>>126692903
how many tracks are in this project file?

>>126693135
it'll all be released as a single track inside a 5 song concept EP. this is track 3.
I practice "stream-of-consciousness" style song writing, which is def some pretentious bullshit but it's all fun experimentation. if you pay close attention there is musical and sonic ideas that tie it all together but it is admittedly hard to follow.

not for everybody but it's what I do so

>>126692156
does your daw have a separate arrangement mode like Reason Blocks or Abelton clips type thing? Maybe you need a different method to get out of your head.

>>126692903
this song is pretty interesting and trippy too.
My advice, instead of telling you if it sounds "bad", is to recommend you try to colab with a visual artist that doesnt already make their own music. You guys could do hippy rave type parties and make some money. Or, at the very least, make some interesting YT content.
I'd love to hear the other material that's going on the EP.
Good work.

>>126688303
Buildups are overrated.

>>126693437
They're a necessary thing for the drop to work
Or how exactly would you have made the transition in my track instead?

>>126693436
thank you friend
would love to take this to a live scenario, but it's obviously a challenge.
i like the idea of audio/visual collab tho, thanks for the ideas :)

>>126687882
What a wild ride of laughter that was. Thank you anon

>>126687882
kek'd

hi anons, I have always wanted to produce music, never did because I was a broke student and busy with uni.

now that I am older and between jobs I thought about buying a midi keyboard and having some fun with it and a DAW. some questions:

is the midi keyboard a good buy? I feel like I will benefit a lot from a physical thing with me, but I dont know the first thing about music, barely had some piano classes when I was a kid and I didnt stick with them.

also, if I like it and become decent at it, how hard is to make gas money with leasing beats online? I do understand that trying that is different than exploring my creativity

thanks

>>126695955
1. midi keyboards are fun but not necessary. I am a piano player for 10+ years but only really use it to vaguely test melodies and as a easy way to tests sounds while sound designing. the ability to twist a knob with a mouse while spamming a key on the keyboard is really nice actually. if you do i wouldn't recommend the little akai thing everybody buys, get something larger like an atruria keylab49 or something similar.

2. essentially impossible. people do it sure, but the competition is absurd. beats are the easiest type of music to produce (no diss, i love hip-hop, its just objectively easy), so getting "decent at it" takes like 2 months of practice.
the lower the bar to entry, the more competition.

i would get into assuming this will be a money pit, and if you do end up making some sales then awesome

not to discourage you, music making is very enjoyable, but never really expect to get any sort of external validation out of it, that being socially or monetarily.

>>126692581
The vocal sample sounds obnoxious after awhile but I do like the song.
>Did you recover your pc after the shell command incident
I didn't lose anything important but I'm still fighting with my laptop for unrelated reasons, trying to get MIDI working on FreeBSD since audio stopped working on my Linux install after an update.

https://voca.ro/13z1nuv7EN9r
A couple years ago I challenged myself to make an album of 73 seconds-long tracks, never finished the album doe

https://vocaroo.com/1aeebMSrROyw
>>126696140
pretty chill, vg music that plays when leaving the store

I need to pirate FL Studio

>>126696371
It's a decent DAW and fun too, but also a bit convoluted compared to a grown-up DAW like reaper

>>126696395
Never heard of Reaper before, can it lead to decent results? I also struggled with getting FL to make what I want but that's because I followed no tutorials and was just winging it.

some of the massive x things actually feel like cheating for wub wub wtf...,,

>>126696404
Well it has a winrar-style infinite free trial so try it and see. It's more straightforward but also I completed fewer songs with it, maybe cause the power it gives me causes me to focus on little details instead of just finishing the song. Sticking with FL is fine.

i feel like there must be a better preset naming convention for the stupid annoying noisey things that function as pads in dubstep (etc)??

i've been doing "Pad Dub X" or "Noise Dub X" and it just feels messy idk

EXPLAIN why there is no (post mix) output gain here? HMMMM?

TRASH

messed around with this lady gaga track cause I liked how the instrumental sounded let me know if you guys like it :D

https://voca.ro/1dLsNjObatlT

>>126694255
Now that I'm thinking about it, maybe you could find a dude that's making visual instructional stuff on YT and ask him if he wants original music to showcase his works. Like Magix is a video software I think. I tried using that or somehing similar, but I suck ass at video shit. I have enough. trouble with music shit, myself haha.

>would love to take this to a live scenario, but it's obviously a challenge.

Were you thinking about a live band? cuz that would be even better. What's you situation? Are you in a music town?

>>126697304
I'm not in the best area but it could be worse. Mid sized city on the east coast, US
I have a plan to invest into a music video that consists of a live band playing through the album inside of a few different locations, there's more to it but that's the main idea.

Preforming this live in front of an audience sounds impossible but could be pulled off with the right funds i think.

I do think there is a market for this somewhere, but I've had a very difficult time finding my way into it.
I have 2 EPs similar to this fully released that didn't really create any buzz, even with advertising efforts and whatnot.

All this to say I really appreciate the ideas and any other advice you have friend :)

>been trying to use Studio One for like a year now
>started out fine but progressively had more and more bizarre glitches to the point that now I have to restart it every ~15 minutes and it hardly recognizes any of my gear anymore
>finally get fed up, buy an old Mac just so I can go back to Logic
>day 1 of using it, everything's going great and all my shit's plug n play
I'm officially throwing in the towel with S1. That shit is just so far beyond busted. I've never encountered any music software with so many major failures and inability to interface with itself.

>>126697415
I figured i should show you something of mine, just so you know I'm not some shit head who can't string to notes together haha.
I normally make much more average, synth rock type stuff where I'm singing, but I tried to find something of mine that was a little more "avant-garde" I guess, for you. haha anyways enjoy!

https://voca.ro/12vMK00GwEz6

>>126698313
very nice stuff, right up my alley. im sure you could tell i love textural stuff.
if you want to feel free to hit me up on Instagram if possible, from there i can pass you my discord
@jacksonnorthen

>>126698614
im not a social media guy but i do have three soundclouds if that helps?

https://soundcloud.com/tonymarzthemusician

should i have an instagram? haha

>>126698633
I hit you with a follow on soundcloud, I'll make sure to give your full stuff a listen in the morning

you're definitely better off not being on social media but its the way of the world i fear.
i cant recommend it but it's nice for advertising and keeping up with things i suppose.

someone with talent in here produce the vocals of Island in the Sun (Weezer) over top the instrumental of Message in a Bottle (The Police). I am too inept to change them into the same key and tempos but I can hear it in my head. I can also hear the bridge of Island in the Sun over the chorus of Message in a bottle since they both go into major keys

Total noob here, trying to record a punk-rock demo song with FL Studio.
I'm happy with how the final project sounds, despite being objectively shit because I'm a bad music player, but the audio export doesn't sound as good. It's quieter and the sound is much thinner.
What do?

>>126699405
Just look it up and transpose..?
I kind of doubt anything the Police recorded was played to a click so it would be kinda eh though lol

>>126699408
check if there is an EQ active in your windows media player or whatever.
are you clipping the audio? fl studio sounds different inside the daw when you are clipping because it doesnt clip.

>>126699481
No EQ active, I also uploaded it to check how it sounded with another devide.
>are you clipping the audio?
I don't think so. But being new to this, I can't be sure.

>>126699505
post export settings and make sure there are no audio enhancements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeqgYZS0fMQ

>>126697640
idk the infamous logic noise blast is something i dont want to expierence.

>>126699813
Thanks, anon. Apparently there's no audio enhancement here.
That being said, it sounds somewhat better because I noticed there was Fruity Limiter activated by default on the master channel and I raised the limiter ceiling a little. No idea if that's a good thing to do.

Guitar Track // Multiple Sections // W.I.P
Any advice, feedback or critique?
https://vocaroo.com/1eSHjMx0Vwab

>>126699966
maybe something happens because you export at 512 sinc point but your mixer (if you look at "AUDIO" in options) is still at 24 sinc point.
just press f1 alot

doubles singles decide the style i make my first release, house song
doubles kream style
singles chris lake

>>126700747
I changed it to match the mixer, but it didn't change anything (or I can't hear it anyway).
I'm definitely doing something wrong, but...

Why do I suck at making music so much

I want to make music but I don't know how to start. I end up just fucking around with a synthesizer for an hour and maybe making a cool preset (most of the time I can't even do that much)

>>126701924
>Why do I suck at making music so much
>I don't know how to start
You suck because you haven't started.
You're welcome.

>>126701924
Because you dont know how to play an instrument. You need to practice

>>126703207
I do know how to play an instrument. I played guitar for many years and know some music theory. I have all the pieces but I don't know how to make them all fit

>>126703235
Take a handful of simple songs you like in the same genre, and try to make something that inclades elements that you copy from them.
Maybe the arrangement from the first one, the drum beat from the second one, the chords from the third, etc.
Basically force yourself to have at least one finished song by any means necessary. Even if it's all stolen from those other songs.
This will give you a bit of experience in actually making a track, so that when you get to make the next one you know what goes into making a song and you won't be as lost.
If that's too hard, search "tutorial <genre> song start to finish <your daw>" on youtube and follow along.

https://voca.ro/1jis58hthtA5
I'm stuck
how would you continue this?

Redpill me on ableton operator
I can only get a couple of types of lead/bass out of operator but I know it has so much potential.
What can I do with it besides mess around with the ratios and envelopes because I feel like it makes the exact same type of sound every time. Is there any “FM theory” I need to learn

do you guys keep track of what key youre in or do you just play what sounds good

>>126704080
Yes

>>126703681
FM is like, science and physics and like, you need a labcoat and like, so on and stuff

I CANT STOP USING AN OFF BEAT BASS PATTERN!!!! It sounds so good. Kick donk kick donk kick donk kick donk. But it’s been done for almost 40 years at this point. Maybe that’s because it just werks but argghhhhh I need to find something new in between these kick drums

https://voca.ro/1b0QQzMmkLLb

Is anyone else getting like 5 emails a day from Sweetwater after signing up for that Kontakt Select promotion? (._. )

>https://vocaroo.com/1iJ3gIoMkJJ4

Can I have some feedback on the mix please? I feel quite proud of it, but maybe my ears are just too accustomed to how it sounds.

>>126705276
you don't immediately unsubscribe from everything..?

https://vocaroo.com/1jhQ4ZM7JfKe

must confess i'm like,,, eh
\(o_o)/

>>126706594
butaaa. Are you getting ready for the new season?

>>126706810
... ngl i did not even know anything came out after the first movie lol.
idk i watched it during (bad time) and distinctly remember dying inside so i may not watch it just to avoid revisiting that feeling desu lol

>>126706873
Oh, damn, sorry. I didn't even know there was a movie; I was just familiar with the first season.

>>126706930
yeah i tried to watch the movie like three times doped up and kept slipping xD

movie's kino tho you should watch it

>>126698662
Thanks for the follow! I wrote you on SoundCloud and YouTube.

so glad i don't have to install vcv rack now

https://voca.ro/1jx7OCaVCQbP
thoughts?

Which headphones do you guys use while producing? I see a lot of people recommend closed backs like the Sony MDR7506. Wouldn't it make sense to just use the same headphones you like to listen to music with since you know what sounds good and what doesn't?

OOF SORRY
that was almost embarrassing mb !!

https://vocaroo.com/11S3ZLv4YxnK

>>126707886
990t
But only because I need some aux headphones for zero delay when playing instruments and shit.
I unironically use AirPods Pro for the final mix, because that's what I listen on usually, so I know what sounds "good" and what sounds off

https://vocaroo.com/18k2EpplQkKh
loop

>>126703681
Put small amounts of reverb and delay on any operator sound and that’s it

Wavebox is the new best distortion

>>126707886
That composer German tuber says all the composers in LA use seinhesser hd650 or used to

>>126708685
https://youtu.be/J14UnRioCqA?si=wFVFQ4TEAbCJAmf_&t=292

>>126703681
One thing when you’re creating sounds is to put an eq8 beside it so you can see what’s happening. The best sounds usually follow a - is it pink noise profile - where every octave of one note reduces in volume by about 3 dBs or a bit more. So if you hit a mid C note, the look of the frequencies above the fundamental will be a downward slope towards the high frequencies. It’s not always the case, depends on what tone it is but that’s what I found yields the most usable tones.

>>126703681
Just do a operator tutorial on YouTube - seed to stage channel is great, I learnt a lot

anyway i started blasting
https://vocaroo.com/15nmYesD19kW

Can I get some feedback on my mix? I'm trying to do a summer anthem like Partyschlager Eurodance EDM song, and I think it's pretty much there, but some 5-10% are missing. Can you help me out with some honest feedback on what works and is missing?

>>126710008
here's the link
https://voca.ro/1gVQPYcUjEQI

>>126710008
Who's the lady?

>>126710303
no idea, sorry!

How Dare You - gretacore
https://voca.ro/19byFZ9xHhdH

>>126710862
I love Jean Claude Van Damme

>>126704851
Have you tried the oompa-loompa?

>>126710862
kino

>>126675396
those are great. stock plugins and those will do just fine! learn your tools and dont get distracted buying new stuff all the time, you didnt even learn the stuff you have

>>126708416
https://vocaroo.com/1MQM2YoSSTsc

>>126711930
Beat is decent but unironic 'fuck the system' lyrics are goofy asf

>>126712117
im just venting because im trying to get a job and safeway won't even hire me.
anyways it's more about wanting to die and being depressed than "da system" like everything i make.

I wrote some Javascript as code and sang it as a song, I think I hit the ethos I was aiming for. Please strike me with a bottle of brine.

https://vocaroo.com/1cp0cs6o8O1r

>>126712320
You might win a Grammy next year if they don't nominate an indian.

>>126712357
thanks, what's a grammy?

>>126712520
A gram of adderall

>>126712554
damn nice

Working on a circus-themed medley for a lip sync night. Need a little help on the transitions, specifically the Britney -> MCR one around 2:10.
https://voca.ro/15ro7JZLBjTj

>>126710955
What the fuck is the Oompa Loompa

>>126714531
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkC8wPSmcPg

x-x-x on a killstreak yuh

https://vocaroo.com/1oOuEskuvzWV

dude i'm so fucking entertained by this synth i still can't believe people didn't get it

>>126714788
Sounds like a crappy glitch

>>126712320
https://vocaroo.com/1noqXKG1EMvG

>>126675308 (OP)
I did a guitar cover of a Pokemon song:

https://voca.ro/19RC8S2uMaxX

I've "played" guitar for a few years, but never really learned to perform any songs, instead using it to learn music theory. I started playing again after over a year off and tried to actually learn and record a song.

There are so many things to consider when performing a piece on a real instrument...I know this is a mess, but I'm still pretty proud about it. This was more fun than the boring studying, so I'll likely learn some more easy songs and maybe even get gud one day.

>>126716503
>guitar cover
You did a whole damn rock band cover, bro. Rippin'
Very nice work. Learning music theory with the fretboard being your main view of note relationships is pretty wild; keyboard seems so much easier to understand, but they each have their shortcomings and benefits.

>>126716357
Crazy to imagine a world where robots become more powerful. Our own machines raising up arms against us! Thanks for posting

>>126716602
Thanks a ton, man.

The guitar's chromatic tuning makes so much sense to me, and I find it silly how arbitrarily "C" a keyboard is. That being said, I gravitate back towards piano compositions because of the range. Translating a full arrangement of something to the fretboard is messy-to-impossible. Like you implied, you just have to treat them differently.

i anticipate getting nothing done tomorrow so

https://vocaroo.com/1fF7DNjuPRXH

>>126710008
synthbass is too low and dark, needs a brighter synthbass. needs a prechorus after the first verse.
some bridge. needs more contrast overall, it is just that one idea (bier im spiel) and there is a lack of development. dont like the ending notes at bier im spiel (spiel has the wrong notes imo)

>mfw I hear yet another sick bass bro edm piece of shit that sounds exactly like every other song like it
The release of Xfer Serum and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race

>>126682246
https://vocaroo.com/1f9mMVnkXlR2
fixed fixed version
is it c a t c h y ?

>>126717582
Granularslop

>>126714531
https://vocaroo.com/1fAQdvTWAvBM

ive taken to trying to remix speedrunner crashouts in my freeware daw instead of getting a job. thoughts?

https://vocaroo.com/1h8zhKx7fWXv

>>126720188
KINO

>ai generated youtube slop
100k views in a week
>well crafted, creative electronic music by established artists on soundcloud
barely over 1k in a month

it’s so joever

>>126720644
electronic music is trash

>>126720663
mostly. what about like stockhausen and luc ferrari though

>>126719788
>>126719243
noooooooooo D:

Getting called granular all the time when it’s not is probably karma for pointing out that it was granular when it was every time telefon tel avanon asked

>>126721135
I wasn't referring to your vocaroo, I was going through popular edm releases of the past 10 years and they almost all sounded like Serum preset pack demos so I got mad, started yelling at my mom, then came here to post that.

Imagine using a preset for anything except simulating instruments or classic rave sounds (virus and hoover)

>>126720644
the good news is that the AI slop is going to make significantly less money over time.
streams don't make artists nearly anything, essentially all money artists make is off of sales, merch, or concerts.

nobody who listens to AI slop is going to purchase the music, only real music fans do that.
why the fuck would someone rep AI band shirts? that isn't logical.
AI slop concerts are obviously next to impossible.

the braindead masses can just consume the slop they want to all they want thru bullshit spotify algorithm playlists or youtube recommendations but the funds and buzz generated by 1,000,000 streams on slop is probably less than 10,000 streams by an artist who can attract genuine fans.

this issue has been a thing for awhile, AI just lowers the bar to entry. people have been producing slop for months now and with the right luck can generate millions of streams without actually gaining any true fans.

remember when lofi was a huge thing? people ate that youtube stream up and still do. the thing is, all if it is so similar nobody actually really attaches to any one artist. its basically a step up from white noise.

if you want my one tip to guide yourself in the upcoming age of music, focus more on generating actual fans than simply upping your numbers. i've made more off a few dozen bandcamp sales than i would several hundred thousand streams.

>>126721236
you aint listening to the right EDM man

>>126720302
ok it's done
https://vocaroo.com/1bzPg8F18XZe

I wish phones didn’t exist I can’t fucking focus on producing for more than 30 minutes

>>126721293
Help me out PLEASE

>>126721334
https://youtu.be/uLZJK3onvvo
Not exactly original it’s basically 90s hardcore but wow it makes me cry

>>126703340
drop some bass in there
reintroduce the arpeggiating synth at the beginning but with different notes or patterns
>>126700188
good writing but the mix feels kinda dull and the drums could use some humanizing/sit too far back
I'd add some high end to the guitars
>>126714336
It seems like an abrupt transition. Maybe add some delay to the "Let's go"? Or at least bring the piano in right after those words rather than that slight delay.
>>126719260
decently catchy. I'd add some variation to the hihats

https://vocaroo.com/15TXObo4FD05
not done yet but seeking feedback

>>126721236
Real i do the same thing.
Just pick out better DJs and look up whoever’s in the set that you like?
I literally just did that with like 5-10 sets as a total newcomer and quickly got swamped with way too much cool music to handle lol

>>126721334
it's such a varied genre it's hard to give recs. I'll stick to recent stuff:
the most mainstream I can recommend is the new Skrillex project, genuinely innovative and bold. he is objectively the bass music GOAT as far as technique, and the decision to make the album a continuous rapid fire mix is unheard of.

Justice - Hyperdrama was surprisingly good as well, I don't think it's a no-skip but as far as mainstream EDM I found it to be a comfy listen

Omeria - Late Night Questions has been my go to this week. Off-kilter house music that's pretty simple but with some cool twists. Off Guard is my favorite. Came out last week i believe

If you want more intense techno stuff,. Alarico - Sonora is a dark techno/hardgroove album that dropped in February. Also pretty simple but very hypnotic with some cool sounds as well.

Berlioz - Open This Wall was a huge breakthrough in Jazz House last year, but I prefer Stavroz, they've been doing it a lot longer and are much better at experimentation. Stavroz - Mindibu is an incredible listen.

Eprom - Syntheism was some really refreshing bass music. Cool rhythms, top-notch sound design and really experimental in some spots.

Fred again.. - USB is a more mainstream pick as well. I have mixed feelings about Fred Again but as far as festival EDM goes this is the most nuanced and intelligent you'll get. Lots of fun with actually good remixes added on, but if you're not into hip-hop and pop you probably won't like it.

Mainstream EDM is still in a weird place, it's mostly driven by what's being played on the big stages at festivals. There is a really big divide between what goes on at the largest festivals and what is going on in the clubs and underground scene. As a general rule of thumb anything put on top 100 playlists or being played by radio DJs is outdated as fuck, and not to mention watered down as well

>>126721503
this for sure too. get on soundcloud or youtube and listen to some actually good DJ sets and you'll be given an insane amount of new artists to check out.
yasuke yakimatsu's boiler room has seemed to make it to the masses, so maybe a good place to start?

>>126721359
>>126721503
>>126721607
Thank you very much my friends.

>>126721607
>to make the album a continuous rapid fire mix is unheard of.
Not an “album” technically, but i feel like Space Laces deserves the credit on that one.
Good list tho

>>126721607
Sonora is a decent album but skrillex and fred again really??? Let me guess you are American?
Dance music is in kind of a sad state right now. Traumprinz and himera are the only artists I’ve heard doing cool stuff. Maybe Evian Christ too

>>126722355
>himera
Based. But bro..???

>>126722355
look man i dont really like fred again. i'm trying to give a person getting into it a wide array of stuff, USB is pretty digestible and harmless.
overall tho yeah hes mid as fuck.

i'll die on the skrillex hill tho idgaf, being a 10 year old when nice sprites dropped got me into this mess and the fact hes still influencing the game says enough.

+ the take that he ruined dubstep is so tired, i thought we were over this after QFF.

you name 2 left field artists (who are both great) but there are dozens if not hundreds of people doing similar equally cool stuff.

I refuse to take the bait that you cant find cool stuff in possibly the most diverse genre out there. whenever someone says something like this it just tells me you aren't looking hard enough

>>126720682
now THIS is left field

I only listen to beautiful artists
You gotta be at at least Arca or above or I'm not even clicking
Sorry not sorry

>>126722691
OH NONONO

>>126722691
>arca
>beautiful
Ugly hands typed this post

>>126723660
Post oiled up body in suggestive pose

>>126723660
What are you gay?

>>126722691
Absolutely. This is why I started investing in my looks more and why @@@@@@ is the best

>>126692001
>i thoroughly do not believe you need theory for music making on a computer
Like eveyone that rejects theory, you'll just reinvent the wheel and trick yourself into eventually learning theory or the actual boomer method of ear training

Any way to use FL Studio 2024 on Mac without paying for it?
Buying is not an option since I'm from a sanctioned country. I couldn't buy it even if I wanted to since Mastercard/Visa/Paypal is blocked. I think there are some resellers but they add a huge 50% markup it just seems unreasonable to buy

>>126723745
If this thread is still up in 20 hours I will post

>>126723745
>>126724252
Both NGMI btw , musician brains do not care about corporeal form

And I’m skinnier and hotter than both of you

>>126725523
no i'm borderline anorexic actually so i mog you

>>126725523
haven't had a sip of water in 6 months. only drink mountain dew and eat a couple packs of ramen a day. ugly bastardmaxxing. gay boy

>>126724517
have you checked audioz?

did musicians of older eras commonly know how to mix or is that just a modern thing?

>>126725641
modern. same for a lot of things actually

>>126720682
stockhausen is dogshit

>>126725578
Lol enjoy your hair falling out and aging like shit, image obsessed brainlet
I mog you by being tall, 50kg AND eating all the food I want , never counted a calorie in my life

>>126725998
Pleb have you not heard the light cycle?

>>126726034
>I mog you by being tall
cringe ew imagine being over 5'8 that's literally so gross

>>126726041
no what's that

>>126726034
>I mog you by being tall
You better be over 196cm, or you'll have to take those words back.

>>126716503
Me again. I did another.

https://voca.ro/1lzeOheVg1cc


Questions for those who play:

When learning for practice, do you learn a piece until it's perfect or just good enough?

When is "good enough" enough for you?


Also, the intonation on my B string is off, how can I fix that?

>>126725683
like what other things?

>>126726048
no one will take you seriously once you hit 30

I used to wish I was shorter and cuter but it’s fine I live vicariously through all the femboys I’ve cuddled

>>126726115
>do you learn a piece until it's perfect or just good enough?
it depends on what your goal in learning a piece is.
i play but my goal when learning a rock song has nothing to do with being a good player/performer (which i'd imagine you would want to be, of course).
the important part *for me* usually involves things like having a melody available to be mentally reference, understanding how the harmonies are placed over the chords, what the vocals are doing in relation to the chords, the chord progressions (all so i can rip it off some other way)- stuff like that.

>>126726127
well the recent most obvious thing is it was never a musicians job to do all the legwork in regards to advertisement/publicity etc (social media).
if you go back far enough you can trace the history from now, where musicians commonly have total control (and much more responsibility) back to where composers weren't even performing there own pieces, performers weren't writing their own songs (Elvis), musical acts being expected to perform others' songs with their own spin/soloing (Jazz standards, also a time when covers in rock were more expected (early beatles))... so on so on

>>126726146
no i'm going to be young and cute forever fuck off me also my gock is gigantic smd

>>126726175
so is mine bitch but I have genital warts right now T-T

>>126726115
Your track kind of reminds me of this one by Bluebeard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKIA1BO0I0g
Sometimes that almost folksong-like melody hits the spot. :)
>Also, the intonation on my B string is off, how can I fix that?
You need to adjust the bridge at that string. I imagine there would be nice videos on YouTube if you look for your style of guitar and bridge.

the manlet with a stepdad who spends all day socializing on discord and rym, thinks he accomplished something by being mildly successful in a tiny niche subgenre

also he uses reaper

>>126726115

https://voca.ro/15G9CxOiP6fr

Okay, I did another one. I stuck to the source this time, but it's a lot messier. I tried to double track the rhythm section, and it's a lot harder to keep it clean than I though it'd be. A lot of other issues with timing, but I'm doing this to learn composition, so that's how I'm justifying playing poorly. I did also spend only an hour or so from learning to recording.

https://voca.ro/1otyGh3wsfcX

rap man still looking for more feedback on this demo. I've been working on rewriting the first verse but haven't been able to rerecord anything because my neighbors wont stop mowing their lawns.

>/mu/ doesn't even have music on Spotify
>/fit/ makes soundtracks for videos of them flexing and lands on the billboard charts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRRKk8auSzU
Honestly I don't see a way out of this amount of mogging. What's our move bros?

>>126679351
Wrong.
>>126678919
Git gud.

>>126675440
gay

>>126675830
dope

>>126677166
how do u make your 808s have this much impact?

https://vocaroo.com/1jOG3Pgqdyqh

yes or no, is this worth finishing?

>>126722355
>Dance music is in kind of a sad state right now
thats what ive been ffeeling for years. i used to only listen to edm and after listening to basically nothing but the same albums for years i decided to listen to other music and try making music in other genres. and that was 5 years ago. edm is still dead as fuck but there some cool new stuff starting to happen now a days

Can someone instruct me on how to make Dino Crisis type beats ?

>>126732919
stick rgps vibes
>is this worth finishing?
sounds like it mostly done. might as well finish it regardless if you want to or not.

>>126733153
>but there some cool new stuff starting to happen now a days
Do you have any examples for us?

it's like every other week someone puts out a new version of saltwater

https://vocaroo.com/1chu1lp2HRUz Just having fun, don’t really know what I’m doing. Played the bass line live, mostly analog sounds. Sounded kinda fat in my room, I’ll probably turn the squeakier part of the bass down a bit next time.

I read >>126730117 while listening to >>126728784 and was imagining people flexing to that music. lmao

>The Dimension Expander is a Chorus with stereo expansion capabilities
>This module [Stereo Expander] is the next iteration of the Dimension Expander found in the original Massive
excuse me

i was confused a bit at the sound before i read this part of the manual (the original has a very audible pre-delay).
Strange choices...

Why were Oberheim the first to make a decent analog piano patch? every attempt before them was the same muffled fart sounds, why did it take them to leave in all the HF clarity?

>>126735070
i'm pretty sure they were actually the first to commission research specifically to target that area of sounds so that they could craft their filters to that end.
As soon as Oberheim got over his disillusionment with his WMD research after the war, his availability was made known (it was well known that his second great passion after spitting in the face of God through science was actually music, which is why he idolized composers with a god complex such as bethoven.)

>>126735183
Even compared to Roland's presets in the Juno and JX-10, the Matrix 6 still has more clarity, Roland's still sounded like farts because they cut off all the high and low frequencies
The "Kawhy" and "Papano" patches should have become the standard or all future analog pianos

>>126733156
Ok!

how would i go about getting a "good" accordion sound for fl studio if i only installed it like 3 days ago and never touched the program before.

every plugin that came in the crack has an accordion but it's way too electronic sounding when i see videos like this;
https://youtu.be/4ScZhYVRuds?si=acfA5Uyh1SSNaLVx

and it's apparently something from a completely different sound software? (kontakt)

should i be looking at something better to start practicing this program first?

>>126735431
damn dude you are on like day one huh.
alright so yeah when you download a daw (like FL) it comes with a set of what we call "plugins". the ones that come with your daw are referred to as "default plugins"

but the world of plugins is vast, there are a shit ton of them that do all sorts of things. some are synthesizers that use math and waves to generate sounds. some are effect plugins which can add reverb, echo, panning, all kinds of things. these are often paid for software (unless you pirate), but many are free. they are installed onto your computer and your daw (FL Studio) interacts with them, where you can use the notes to input pitch or put them on sounds to affect them. they come in either .vst or .vst3 file formats. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlmY08bqM8w heres a vid to get you started.

so now you got that lets talk about accordion. you are right, this probably comes from the plugin Kontakt.
Kontakt is a weird plugin. Most plugins that generate noise are some form of synthesizer, meaning they literally generate sound by using waves and math. Konktakt is different, it acts like a huge sampler. Meaning that each note played inside of a Kontakt library plays a recording of someone playing that note on the real instrument. This is done up and down the piano a thousand times at all different intensities and volumes to get a hyper-realistic result.

what you need is the Kontakt Player VST from Native Instruments
Then you need an accordion Kontakt Library to use inside of Kontakt.

if this sounds like a lot, it is. I usually don't recommend Kontakt to beginners because it's a pain in the ass and difficult to get good results with, not to mention expensive.

as a general rule of thumb, if it sounds good on piano it will sound even better on the real instrument. FL Keys comes default and will be a good start to learning composition.

Good luck friend!

SHUT UP AND DROP THE BASS

>>126737451
i am it's going so fucking hard rn bro i'm actually so fucking good damn

>https://vocaroo.com/1l6cedo6QYci
lil intro song I wrote for the game I'm making
any feedback on it is appreciated

Does anyone here produce dungeon synth? Any pointers for a beginner?

GUYS i have an announcement and i don't care about typos

>>126738014
Oooh that's a lot of price ooooh muy cringo

https://discord.gg/bsm9YVpk
musician server

>>126738014
How does it compare to Massive, Serum, and Pigments?

Behringer SL75s

>>126741421
I've heard tell it's a little trickier to learn than the others.

Hi, quick question here. Would I brick my quad cortex if I import this pirated neural bundle?
https://youtu.be/JXvKDp_tQlc?t=122

https://vocaroo.com/19Xe6E58ldvu
bom bom

>>126741421
Has and expands on a lot of what makes massive great, but is its own thing.
Completely different synth from Serum and Pigments. Not Really comparable.

>>126741635
I wouldn't say trickier so much as there are no guardrails- there's no visual feedback for what you're doing to the waveforms with any of the wavemorphing (you actually have to read lol) and you should at least slightly understand modular to be competent with it.

https://vocaroo.com/1jYMtC9vmWsH
elephant birthday jingle

yes because of the reddit post

https://vocaroo.com/1jamDBViwhLQ

i found a way to incorporate the hendrix to the dubstep trappin :0

>i cant fucking play guitar anymore
D:

>>126746024
:(
Guitar VSTs nowadays are nuts if you have the patience to sequence all the details.

>>126746088
i confess that i've played things at like 50% speed and re-chopped so it sounds natural.
and not in a cool nine inch nails way either lol

nah every time i run into a situation like this i just simplify the part while keeping the main like... key notes... just do what you can or whatever

>>126746188
>just do what you can or whatever
Respect. Your method definitely beats the tedium of clicking in automation and I bet it sounded cool in its own way.
Going the opposite direction, one of my favorite pieces of music had a guitar part that was recorded into a Korg ES-1 and played back at half speed which gave it a really rich gritty beauty. Makes me sad that the encoder dials on those units are so prone to failure/glitching out.

https://vocaroo.com/1eAmkBILR0FW

Mid Tempo WIP that I want to see get signed by a record label

>>126747032
No offense, it sounds cool, but I think you need to spend way more time dialing in the groove.

soon ? :0

https://vocaroo.com/17SdkAHjcRQR

>>126747321
:)
Beats like this always remind me of that 'drop it like it's hot' song.

>>126747461
I still don’t get it ._.

>>126747321
Holy shit this sucks ass. Actually getting second-hand embarrassment listening to this shit.

>>126747321
clean track, nice job
i probably wouldn't save this to my spotify if i stumbled upon it (i am definitely the target audience) but id listen to it all the way though - so take this as me saying its a good track

>>126747721
thxxx
i'm probably gonna take a break from it for now but i plan to add all the details/effects and re-write the melodic parts to make it stand out more hopefully <.<

>>126675308 (OP)
>/prod/ wiki - still looking for contributors
Should have avoided fandom.
Perhaps try miraheze.

https://voca.ro/1fvC3kwVrMoS
I used ozone 11 ai for the master. Not sure if it's better or just fake wider so it sounds better

New thread:
>>126748465
>>126748465
>>126748465

https://voca.ro/1bkP1LuPhV0t
i really like the chord progression i used here

How many of you guys mix exclusively on headphones? I'm getting a home setup going and I really don't want to fuck with treatment.
Also, how important is it to get a channel strip, as in, what will I be missing? I already ordered a cheap preamp just to get started.